RPAGF #107 - problem
#107 - problem
When the first gunshot rang out, Niu Changhe, the puppet army platoon leader, was startled awake. He frantically grabbed his twenty-shot Mauser pistol and yelled for his men to prepare for battle.
"Damn it, everyone keep your eyes peeled! When we get out there, each of you better fire at least ten rounds into the sky, but don't you dare mess with the Eighth Route Army. If the Japs don't come out, just go through the motions!" Niu Changhe cursed.
These were basic procedures, nothing special. The Eighth Route Army guerrillas would occasionally harass them, and he could use it as an excuse to write off the ammunition he was selling for personal gain.
If they fired a lot of shots, it would seem like they were using a lot of ammo, and then he could pocket a few hundred rounds.
Too bad there was no chance to go out and lose a couple of rifles; that would be another hundred silver dollars in his pocket!
At this moment, Niu Changhe didn't realize the seriousness of the situation.
Yang Zhongwu, armed with his old-fashioned rifle, followed Niu Changhe, ready to act according to the circumstances.
The Eighth Route Army has heavy artillery!
Niu Changhe was an old soldier who had served in the Northwest Army and knew that it would take at least a 75mm howitzer to cause such damage. The Eighth Route Army on the other side was definitely a main force!
Niu Changhe's face turned as white as snow as he thought of this!
What to do, what to do? The small sandbags in front of him wouldn't be enough to withstand a single shell!
Niu Changhe trembled all over. He never imagined that such a remote stronghold like his would attract an attack from the Eighth Route Army's main force. Now it seemed his life was in danger?
"Platoon leader, platoon leader, let's surrender quickly, or it'll be too late!" Although Yang Zhongwu was also stunned at first, he was mentally prepared. He was even more excited that his own people had taken down the blockhouse, so he recovered from the shock much faster than Niu Changhe.
"Right, right, right, surrender, surrender quickly! The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners well. At least we can save our lives first!" Niu Changhe woke up as if from a dream. "The white flag, where's the white flag? Get the white flag out!"
"I have it, I have it!" Yang Zhongwu, who had been prepared, pulled a piece of white cloth from his pocket. "I just bought this to make a shirt, platoon leader, you can use it first."
Niu Changhe didn't think about anything else. He directly unfolded the white cloth, clumsily put it on Yang Zhongwu's old rifle, and waved it while shouting loudly, "Eighth Route Army, Eighth Route Army, stop firing! We surrender, we surrender!"
Wei Heshang saw the white flag and knew that Yang Zhongwu had completed the task. He led the assault platoon to rush out all at once, each carrying a large weapon, and rushed to the barbed wire fence, pointing their cold gun muzzles at Niu Changhe and the others.
Seeing so many machine guns and submachine guns, Niu Changhe and the other puppet soldiers were even more grateful that they had surrendered early. This was definitely the Eighth Route Army's main force coming down from the mountains!
After the battle of Tangjialing, Li Yunlong didn't expect to take over another hot potato. Facing the more than six hundred rescued miners, Lao Li frowned deeply.
"Lao Li, what's wrong? Looking at your face, it's as if we've fought a losing battle," Ren Zhong said. Although Ren Zhong regretted not taking down a blockhouse himself, he was still very happy that the team had won the battle. Seeing Lao Li's face, he felt a little strange.
"Brother Ren, to be honest, look at how the Japs have tortured our people. What do you think we should do with these miners? If we let them go back, I'm afraid they'll be caught again as soon as we leave," Li Yunlong said worriedly.
The Tangjialing area was relatively close to the Japanese county town, and more importantly, it was connected to the highway. The Japanese would definitely not sit idly by, and the Independent Regiment could not fight the Japanese head-on and could not defend the coal mine.
"Blow up the coal mine and take all the miners away," Ren Zhong blurted out.
"Hiss, you said there are more than 600 people. If we suddenly have eight hundred more people in Yangcun, we really can't afford to feed them," Ren Zhong suddenly understood Li Yunlong's worries.
The grain seized from the prisoner-of-war camp was barely enough to solve the food problem for the new prisoners-of-war. Corn had only just begun to be planted, and it was still a long time before the harvest. It would be difficult to get through these months, and Li Yunlong would probably need to go out and do more sideline businesses.
In the previous months, they had concentrated their efforts on construction. Li Yunlong's sideline businesses, in addition to Wanjia Town, had also been to Heyuan for a month, but the gains from Heyuan had basically been handed over to Zhang Dabiao for development. Yangcun had not only received no income, but also had more than a hundred horses to take care of!
It was completely unsustainable!
Ren Zhong had previously focused all his attention on military industry and had neglected the Independent Regiment's food problem.
"That won't work. Yangcun definitely can't afford to feed them. Lao Li, I think we should do this. I'll take them to Heyuan. We've developed a lot in the Heyuan area. We now control more than twenty villages. We can take the people to Heyuan and relocate them near the villages. On the one hand, they can reclaim wasteland and grow grain, and on the other hand, they can build another arsenal in Heyuan. This batch of miners will also have something to do."
Ren Zhong had long planned to open up a new base in Heyuan. According to his original plan, he was going to find an excuse to jump out before the August counterattack and start building a second base in Heyuan.
Because once the great counterattack began in the Yangcun area, the Japanese would launch a large-scale mopping-up operation in retaliation within three or four months. As an important position near the headquarters, Yangcun had long been exposed to the eyes of the Yamamoto Special Forces. The mopping-up operation would definitely be a key target of attack. The current Independent Regiment could not stop the Japanese's three-dimensional offensive from the sky and the ground.
At that time, they would inevitably abandon this place and jump out of the Japanese encirclement to carry out mobile warfare.
Ren Zhong didn't want his military industry to be completely destroyed all at once, so before that, he had to move the core production equipment and capacity out in an orderly manner!
Heyuan, a remote mountainous area, had richer mineral resources than Anping, greater mountain depths, and more river water. It also had the 358th Regiment, the main force of the Jin Sui Army, pressing down on it, which was the best place for Ren Zhong to develop at this stage.
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Now that there was a big problem with the disposal of miners, Ren Zhong naturally proposed to resettle these miners, so he could advance the construction of the new base.
Anyway, Yangcun had already embarked on the right track. In terms of technology, Xu Jiucheng and Gao Kaiming, the two leaders, had basically mastered the implementation and use of the current equipment.
Ren Zhong could completely free himself to build a new base.
However, Lao Li didn't know Ren Zhong's little plan at the moment. He thought about it and felt that Ren Zhong's method seemed feasible.
They had seized a lot in Heyuan before, and the land area was also large. Zhang Dabiao and their development was now based on integrating soldiers and farmers. The special forces and guerrillas had not been separated from production, and even Zhang Dabiao himself had begun to reclaim wasteland and grow fields in the manner of Yangcun, and engage in organic fertilizer fermentation and the like.
Although more than 600 miners would make Zhang Dabiao uncomfortable for a while, it was still much better than Yangcun to grit his teeth and hold on until the autumn grain harvest.
"I think it's feasible! That's the decision. I'll have Wei Dayong's assault platoon pull out a squad, and then draw a dozen members from the local guerrillas to form your guard. It's also dozens of miles from here to Heyuan. You have to avoid strongholds and travel by night!" Li Yunlong was a very decisive person. After figuring this out, he decisively agreed.
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